Published: April 1, 2024
Honorees
Lithangia Robinson—Georgia, 2001
Marian Conrad—Nevada, 2002
Kathleen Roberts—Massachusetts, 2003
Ellen Logue—California, 2004
Ruth Watkins—North Carolina, 2005
Johnny Davis—Alabama, 2006
Janet Agnew—South Carolina, 2007
Jon Campbell—Arizona, 2008
Agnes Chavis—North Carolina, 2009
Sue Wiele—Iowa, 2010
Joe Higgins—Nebraska, 2011
Jim Sproul—Kentucky, 2012
Dr, Helen Zappia—Georgia, 2013
Jean Savidge—Washington, 2014
Gene Craig—Illinois, 2015
Ulysses Floyd—Florida, 2016
Barbara Matteson—Arizona, 2017
Lynda Wolfe Smith—Georgia, 2018
Joan K. Bass—North Carolina, 2019
Justin F. Wong—Hawaii, 2019
Tom Curran—Maine, 2020 (awarded posthumously)
Walt Munsterman—Minnesota, 2021
Sarah Borgman—Indiana, 2023
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